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Message Notes:
7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him.9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, 10 for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” 12 And he strictly ordered them not to make him known. — Mark 3v7-12 (ESV)

IF THE DEVIL CAN’T MAKE YOU BAD, HE’LL MAKE YOU BUSY

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” — Genesis 3v1-3 (ESV)

SATAN DECEIVES…
And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. — 2 Corinthians 11v14 (ESV)

SATAN DISTURBS…
7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. — John 10v7-11 (ESV)

SATAN DISTRACTS…
And he strictly ordered them not to make him known. — Mark 3v12 (ESV)

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. — Matthew 5v9 (ESV)

how to have more peace…
1. Stillness (internal ordering)
Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” — Psalm 46v10 (ESV)

All of humanity’s problems, stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
— Blaise Pascal in 1654,

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. — Mark 3v7-8 (ESV)

1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. — Psalm 131v1-2 (ESV)

2. Solitude (intentional withdrawal)
And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, — Mark 3v9 (ESV)

Three steps to solitude:
a) Find a Place
b) Know the People
c) Rest with Purpose

15 But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. 16 But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray. — Luke 5v15-16 (ESV)

3. Sacrifice (eternal impact)
13 And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach 15 and have authority to cast out demons. — Mark 3v13-15 (ESV)